Article written by Alex C.
Published on 06/10/2011 at 01:15 AM.
Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011.
This evening Apple confirmed that the visionary man behind the company has passed away. I don’t normally do sentiment, I’m normally too wrapped up in my own concerns and worries to really spend time on others, but something hit me when I heard the news.
I’ve used a Mac since leaving school, introduced to one at my first design agency, but remember an old colleague running a Mac emulator through an Amiga years before that, in black and white. That’s how important they were back then, and that notion hasn’t changed a bit – I still use one for my job today.
Now, of course, the legacy that Steve Jobs leaves behind stretches much further than anyone but him ever imagined. He made computing accessible, friendly, intuitive, and he brought the world the iPod, quite probably one of man’s greatest ever feats of engineering and design.
And – as the figures clearly show – he changed the shape of mobile gaming forever with the iPhone.
There’s a strange, empty feeling inside me. I didn’t know the man personally, but I’ve used his ideas, projections and – yes – products for most of my adult life. Some scoff at Apple, the brand, the devices, but they’ve only ever had a positive impact on my life.
If that was Jobs’ only desire, as with everything else he did, he succeeded.
R.I.P. Steve.
Hero. Legend. Idol. He changed the world, and he will never be forgotten.
As much as I never got the Apple hype. Steve Jobs at its helm truly changed to way we interact with technology. Will be missed, RIP.
It’s hard to even equate through words what he has achieved. The man is a legend, he changed the world for the better. A true visionary, a genius and a legend.
I’m not the type to get choked up when someone famous has passed away, but fuck I’m in bits now. You don’t need to know the man to look at what he has done in awe and feel completely humbled.
The world has lost a fantastic human being today, the likes of whom we may never see again.
RIP Steve.
R.I.P. Steve Jobs made Apple in to a major company again.
The world has lost a true great. So long, Steve.
This man was a true visionary and a world changer. He pushed the likes of giants and made it to the top. RIP
He certainly changed some parts of the world, that’s for sure…
http://www.christianpost.com/news/steve-jobs-ignored-poisoned-workers-pleas-for-help-at-apple-factory-54908/
Rest in Peace, Steve. You’ve changed the world for the better.
Agree with all sentiments here and nofi’s impactful words. Rest in peace, Steve. The technological world has been altered for the better by your existence and your legacy will last forever.
This is a man who only stepped down from running his own company less than two months ago.
Says a lot about what a great man he was, if you ask me.